This title is older, however, it is a wonderful story of a young boy and his relationship with older people. It gives children a glimpse into aging people and dementia. And the name of the title character is terrific. We have this title in eAudio from Hoopla for children and adults who love to listen to stories.

Kristin

From Goodreads.com

Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge lives next door to a nursing home in which several of his good friends reside. Of course, his favorite is Miss Nancy Alison Delacourt Cooper, because she has four names just as he does. The only problem is Miss Nancy, who is 96, has "lost" her memory. Undaunted, Wilfred sets out to "find" Miss Nancy's memory for her. Full-color illustrations.

November's group will read and talk about Stanford Wong Flunks Big Timeby Lisa Yee. Stanford is an all-star basketball player and the youngest student to make the A-Team. Unfortunately he isn't seeing any A's in the classroom, much to the displeasure of his school-obsessed father. When Stanford finds out he flunked English and can't go to Basketball Camp during the summer he feels like his life is over. Especially when he has to make sure his friends don't find out, while being tutored by the super-smart Millicent Min--the girl his father wishes he could be more like. In this funny and heartfelt novel, find out about the true power of friends, family, and yourself.

The first 15 participants to register will receive a free copy of Stanford Wong Flunks Big Time.

As always, Books & Bagels is for children in grades 4-6. Thank you to Panera Bread of Frandor for providing the bagels, and many thanks to a generous, anonymous donor for providing copies of Books & Bagels titles to program participants.

Three years ago I started talking about makerspaces and how libraries were developing creative spaces in their communities. At that time, I hoped that, one day, the East Lansing Public Library (ELPL) would be able to have a maker space. Well, I am thrilled to say, that day is today! ELPL opened the ELPL Maker Studio in the library on September 20. We are opening the second space,

Almost 10 years before Brown vs. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez and her parents helped end school segregation in California. An American citizen of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage who spoke and wrote perfect English, Mendez was denied enrollment to a “Whites only” school. Her parents took action by organizing the Hispanic community and filing a lawsuit in federal district court. Their success eventually brought an end to the era of segregated education in California.

Register online for ELPL's first Books & Bagels of 2014! This month the group will be reading and discussing Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson. Touching and powerful, this book chronicles Woodson's life as she searches for her place in the world. Raised in South Carolina and New York, she always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. This program is part of MSU Project 60/50, a yearlong community conversation on human and civil rights and carries on the theme of our One Book, One Community reads.

The first 15 participants to register will receive a free copy of Brown Girl Dreaming.

This session of Books & Bagels will be held at the library's new popup makerspace in downtown East Lansing. Located on the second floor of the Marriott at University Place, the ELPL 2.0 Maker Studio offers a unique programming location for library and community events.

Join us October 4 at 2pm for this unique Books & Bagels event! As always, Books & Bagels is for children in grades 4-6. Thank you to Panera Bread of Frandor for providing the bagels, and many thanks to a generous, anonymous donor for providing copies of Books & Bagels titles to program participants.

The ELPL Maker Studio is officially open to the public! Patrons wishing to use the maker studio can request a session online, by phone, or in person at the library. After placing your request you will be contacted by a library staff member to schedule your session. Tools available in the maker studio include:

Two MakerBot 3D printers

Two 27 inch Core i5 3.4 GHz iMacs

Two Adobe Creative Cloud seats, full suite

Two Final Cut Pro seats

Two Logic Pro X seats

3D scanner

Flatbed scanner

Music recording and production equipment, including a MIDI keyboard, studio monitors, mics and more

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In October the group will be reading and discussing Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson. Touching and powerful, this book chronicles Woodson's life as she searches for her place in the world. Raised in South Carolina and New York, she always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. This program is part of MSU Project 60/50, a yearlong community conversation on human and civil rights and carries on the theme of our One Book, One Community reads.

The first 15 participants to register will receive a free copy of Brown Girl Dreaming.

This session of Books & Bagels will be held at the library's new popup makerspace in downtown East Lansing. Located on the second floor of the Marriott at University Place, the ELPL 2.0 Maker Studio offers a unique programming location for library and community events.

Join us October 4 at 2pm for this unique Books & Bagels event! As always, Books & Bagels is for children in grades 4-6. Thank you to Panera Bread of Frandor for providing the bagels, and many thanks to a generous, anonymous donor for providing copies of Books & Bagels titles to program participants.

If you follow any of ELPL's social media profiles you know that we've been posting lots of photos of our latest 3D prints. We've also been busy installing and configuring all the other awesome pieces of technology and equipment that will be available in the two new maker studios opening in the next month. Yes, that's right, the library is opening two makerspace facilities in the next 30 days that will enable people of all ages to create, make, innovatve and produce.

Kanefield tells the story of Barbara Rose Johns, whose fight for equality in the schools of Farmville, Va., went all the way to the United States Supreme Court. In 1950, 15-year-old Barbara Johns was a junior at the all-black Robert R. Moton High School in rural Virginia, a crowded school using temporary classrooms that were little more than tar paper shacks, more like chicken coops than classrooms, with leaky roofs and potbellied stoves that provided little heat. Farmville High School, the white school, was a modern building with up-to-date facilities. Sick of the disparity, Barbara led a strike, demanding equal facilities in the schools of her town. Her actions drew the usual response from the white community: cross-burnings, white stores denying credit to black customers and criticism for their "ill-advised" actions. Although threats caused Barbara's parents to send her to live with family in Alabama, where she graduated from high school, the Moton students' case was eventually bundled with others, including Brown v. Board of Education. In an attractive volume full of archival photographs, informative sidebars and a clearly written text, Kanefield shares an important though little-known story of the movement. Copyright 2013 Kirkus Reviews.

Upcoming Events!

In collaboration with the Wharton Center, come and create puppets in honor of the upcoming production of The Gruffalo's Child. Use your imagination to create puppets at our ELPL 2.0 Maker Studio. A variety of materials will be on hand to inspire you!